Meaning & Definition of Rigid in English

1. Incapable of or resistant to bending

• "A rigid strip of metal"

• "A table made of rigid plastic"

• "A palace guardsman stiff as a poker"

• "Stiff hair"

• "A stiff neck"

2. Incapable of compromise or flexibility

3. Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances

• "A rigid disciplinarian"

• "An inflexible law"

• "An unbending will to dominate"

4. Designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure

5. Fixed and unmoving

• "With eyes set in a fixed glassy stare"

• "His bearded face already has a set hollow look"- connor cruise o'brien

• "A face rigid with pain"